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Lucas Cordina

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A Barter with the Butcher: A Tale from the Woods

Submitted to Contest #298

‘Papa,’ began the juvenile dormouse. ‘Is it true you were friends with a butcher bird?’‘Your mother’s been running her mouth again,’ chuckled the old dormouse before groaning in pain. At the ripe old age of eight, even laughing left his scarred front right leg aching. ‘But yes little one, it’s true. The shrike and I go way back. Oh, mind your step now.’The young dormouse, just over 3 months old, clung tightly to the log, his heart racing as he crossed over the stream. He could see their destination now, a large gathering of wild, tall thistl...

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Between Blade and Ground

Submitted to Contest #297

The guillotine sliced between King Edward’s third and fourth vertebrae. The blade fell with such force that the clergy would later claim the weight of his sins dragged it down. Rather than landing in the prepared basket, his head shot up in a high arc. He saw the crowd cheer and heard their cries of joy. 7 ‘A man can still think for seven seconds after his head’s cut off,’ Edward’s father said, holding up the head of a toy soldier. Edward cried, but the lesson continuee. ‘A man is still able to think for seven seconds after getting his head ...

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